Dice Pools, Difficulty Numbers, and Botching

With all of the systems consideration and potential revision going on for V20, the matter of dice pools and success statistics has come up. It’s something that the Storyteller System has always had an acknowledgedly side-eyed relationship with, but this was certainly a worthwhile time to delve back into the math. So… let’s. At a … Read more

It’s Doesnt Matter If You Win Or Lose, But How Good You Look Doing It

Originally posted by Shane on the V20 Blog They say a picture is worth a thousand words and we could not agree more.  Vampire: The Masquerade broke the 4th wall so to speak in a way that was and remains unparalleled.  While the style, mood, and the Gothic punk themes from the content we provided … Read more

Screw the 13 Clans: Bloodlines and Variant Clans in Masquerade

Originally posted by Eddy at the V20 Blog As Justin has mentioned, V20 is going to have an appendix containing nearly all of the bloodlines in Masquerade. Right now, this “appendix” is looking to be close to a hundred pages, so I’m essentially developing a small book inside of a larger book. And IT’S ALL … Read more